The number of finance-related scandals and the power of the faction leaders at the expense of the prime minister are reminiscent of the LDP during Mr Mori's era, before the public image of the party was given a much-needed makeover by his flamboyant successor (and Mr Abe's predecessor), Junichiro Koizumi.

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The only interruption to Capello's measured flow came from the flash photography hoping to capture the image that will encapsulate the early days of his era.

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Even in our pleasantly postfeminist era, in which pretty much everyone wears jeans, the predominant image of a fashionable, dressed-up woman is still a feminine one: heels, dresses, makeup.

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An image that doesn't exactly fit with the one the Penguins have projected during the Crosby Era.

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